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Alkali metals are good reducing agents

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(1) Alkali metals due to low values of ionization energy, loose their single outermost electron easily, making all alkali metals as strong reducing agents.
(2) Beryllium is the alkaline earth metal shows diagonal relationship with aluminium.
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